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- Beaver Meadows Citizens for Recreation is sponsoring a bus trip to the Little League World Series on Aug. 16.

Children 12 years and under attend free. For children 13 and older, the cost is $20. There is a limited number of seats still available.

To reserve seats, contact Tom Cherneski 570-455-2721.

- Due to the weather on Wednesday, the tie-dying for the Kids Fun Night at the Alfred J. Mitcho Memorial Playground, Third Street, has been rescheduled to Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Children should bring a white T-shirt.

- The Beaver Meadows Senior Citizens will meet on Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the borough building.

- The Beaver Meadows borough office will be open on Monday from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., but closed on Friday.

- A special collection will be taken during weekend Liturgies at Ss. Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church, Beaver Meadows, to help the parishioners of St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church of Danbury, Conn., who suffered the recent devastating loss of their church due to a fire.

Black Creek Township

- Black Creek United Methodist Church will hold its monthly after-church breakfast Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

- A Red & White Basketball Skills Clinic will be held Aug. 17 at the MMI Preparatory School gymnasium, 154 Center St., Freeland.

There will be one two- hour session from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The clinic is open to any boy or girl going into sixth to 12th grades in the fall, but space is limited.

Emphasis will be on ball-handling, creating space, offensive moves facing the hoop and with ones back to hoop, as well as all types of solution shots.

Anyone attending will learn the best two-ball and one-ball dribbling drills that the NBA, WNBA and collegiate players use in their workouts.

Develop the confidence to beat a defender from any area of the court and discover the best solution shots for any situation on the court.

The clinic will be under the direction of Cy Fulton, former basketball coach at Penn State Hazleton.

Each player will be taught:

Two-ball and one-ball dribbling drills, creating space against a defender, offensive moves facing the basket, offensive moves with one's back to the basket, develop solution shots, develop one's own prime-time move, learn how to finish at the basket, and how to practice and develop a workout program.

The program is open to the public and will focus on scams and frauds and who to avoid becoming a victim.

Hazle Township

- Hazle Township Fire and Rescue Company will host a pasta dinner on Sept. 28 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the fire station, 1113 N. Church St., Route 309, (by McDonald's).

Dinners include pasta, meatballs, bread, salad, beverage and dessert.

Tickets in advance are $6 for adults and $4 for children under 10 years old.

Tickets at the door are $7 for adults and $6 for children.

Deliveries are available to anyone who is homebound and to any location ordering 10 or more dinners.

Tickets can be purchased from any fire department member, by calling 570-454-3411 or emailing chief101@ ptd.net.

- TOPS Chapter Pa. 0837 came to order with 13 members weighing in.

Pledges were given, roll call taken and minutes of the previous meeting accepted as read.

The must for this week is to do some exercise no matter how small, and the must not have is bacon.

This week the chapter did not have a regular program. There was a short business meeting and everyone acknowledged members who had birthdays this month.

A recipe for lentil soup, which was published in TOPS News by a member, was given out. Anyone who did not receive one should see the group leader for extras.

This week, the group started its Bingo/Fundraiser Wednesday. Members shared in a fun meeting while raising some funds to go toward helping out with various functions throughout the year, mainly the Area Recognition Day.

Officials hope to have more bingo games in the future.

Tip of the day - You know where you're headed: someplace great.

The meeting was adjourned and all stood for the serenity prayer and the prayer for the sick.

Everyone is welcome to attend if interested in taking off pounds sensibly.

This chapter meets every Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. for weigh-in and then a brief program.

Meetings are held at Faith UCC, Faith Drive, off Airport Beltway.

Mahanoy City

- In preparation for Mahanoy City's 150th anniversary celebration, a street sweeper will go through the borough streets in the next two weeks, according to borough manager Daniel Lynch.

Residents are asked to move their vehicles on the sweeping days. Parking restrictions are from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Residents should adhere to the parking restrictions to allow the street sweeper to make multiple passes.

Sesquicentennial activities will be held from Aug. 17 to 25, with the parade to be held on Aug. 24.

The street sweeping schedule is as follows:

Monday - Center Street, south side.

Tuesday - Center Street, north side.

Wednesday - Mahanoy Street on the south side, and 14th Street.

Thursday - Mahanoy Street on the north side, and D Street.

Friday - Main Street on both sides and Catawissa Street on both sides.

Aug. 19 - Pine Street on north side and Market Street on south side.

Aug. 20 - Pine Street on south side and Market Street on north side.

Aug. 21 - Spruce Street on north side, Linden Street on both sides, and 12th Street on both sides.

- All Saints Prep classes, formerly known as CCD classes, will begin at All Saints Parish on Sept. 3 at 4:15 p.m.

Parents can register children by enclosing their payment in the collection basket or by coming to the school annex building on Monday from 6 to 7 p.m.

- The borough of McAdoo is looking for letters from individuals who may be interested in serving on the zoning hearing board.

Anyone interested should send all correspondence to the Borough of McAdoo, 23 N. Hancock St., McAdoo, PA 18237, or hand deliver between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. by Monday.

Mountain Top

- Mountain American Legion baseball signups will be held Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post 781 grove, Mountain Top.

The league is open to boys who have completed their final year of Little League up to high school seniors. Boys residing in Wright, Fairview, Dorrance, Hollenback, Dennison, Rice, or Slocum townships, or Nuangola Borough, Penn Lake and White Haven Borough are eligible to register.

Players must be accompanied by a parent and bring health insurance information and birth certificates if they have not previously played American Legion Baseball.

Registration is $75 and checks should be made payable to Mountain Legion Baseball.

For more information, call Jeff at 570-466-2539.

- The Crestwood High School Cross Country Booster Club will hold a car wash on Saturday at the high school parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cost is $5.

All proceeds benefit the team.

- St. Jude's annual bazaar continues through Sunday at the church grove.

The barbecue chicken dinner will be held Sunday at noon.

Entertainment includes Mr. Echo on Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m. and Flashback on Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Chixy Dix from 5 to 9 p.m.

- A benefit, "Doing It or Lola," will be held today from 1 to 10 p.m. for Lola Elko.

- Due to a lack of donations this year, the Tamaqua Area Faith Fellowship Network's Back-to-School project has been cancelled.

Last year, the program served 80 families and more than 180 area children.

Anyone preparing their children for school this month is asked to set aside gently used Tamaqua Area School District uniforms for the collection next summer.

Clothing can also be given to the Tamaqua Area School District, which makes gently used clothing available during the school year.

For more information, contact Rochelle Evanousky at 570-467-3042.

Wapwallopen

- St. Johns United Church of Christ, Wapwallopen, will hold a peach social on Aug. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the church.

The menu will include peach shortcake, home-made peach ice cream, peach sundaes, craft vendors, corn on the cob along with hamburgers and hot dogs.

All are welcome.

Weatherly

- The Weatherly Youth Basketball League will hold a clinic for boys and girls in third and fourth grades on Monday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Eurana Park pavillion.

For more information, call Gene Lash at 570-401-2908 or Matt Von Frisch at 570-401-4759.

- Weatherly borough will sponsor the final concert of the 2013 Concerts in the Park series by the Lehighton Band on Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Eurana Park band shell, Weatherly.

Musical selections will feature something for just about every musical taste, ranging from light classics to Broadway and Frank Sinatra.

The band is under the direction of Paul R. Smith.

The concert will be canceled in the event of rain.

- Monday's craft at the summer recreation program at Eurana Park will be a tin can pencil holder and maybe flubber.

Anyone participating should bring a tin can.

The last day of recreation has been changed from Thursday to Tuesday.

Georgia Farrow from 4-H program will hold a presentation on nutrition and healthy snacks on that last day and the craft will be create-a-mug.

- The Weatherly Lions Club is sponsoring a summer picnic raffle with proceeds benefiting the local club.

Grand prize is a four-burner Grill Master gas grill; first prize is a 50-quart Coleman Xtreme wheeled cooler with $100 Walmart gift card and second prize is a $75 Hazle Park gift card.

Tickets are $3 each and can be purchased by contacting any Lions Club member or by calling Shannon at 570-401-8599, Paula at 570-427-2592, Teresa at 570-427-4321 or Chris at 570-427-4028.

Winning tickets will be pulled the evening of Aug. 17 at Weatherly's 150th anniversary celebration at Eurana Park.

- Our Lady of Lourdes Parish will participate in the 150th anniversary three-day celebration on Friday and Aug. 17 and 18 at Eurana Park.

Members will have a concession stand consisting of potato cakes, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, water and soda.

Hours will be Friday from 5 to 10 p.m.; Aug. 17 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Aug. 18 from noon to 5 p.m.

Volunteers will be needed to work two-hour shifts during those days. Members who can spare two hours or more are asked to sign the sheet in the basement of the church.

Members are asked to try to volunteer some time in support of the borough and the church.

Also, donations of items such as hot dogs, soda, water, ketchup, mustard, etc., will be needed. The more donations there are, the less expense there will be for the parish.

For more information, contact Susie Gerhard at 570-582-0021 or 570-427-4846, or Joe Thomas at 570-427-8474.

- American Legion Post 360 will have a stand at the 150th anniversary celebration at Eurana Park on Friday from 5 to 10 p.m.; Aug. 17 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Aug. 18 from noon to 6 p.m.

Residents are welcome to stop by for some soda, water, Farmers' Iced Tea, chicken strips with sauce, slices of cheese, pepperoni or sausage pizza, onion rings, mozzarella sticks with sauce, corn dogs on a stick and more.

- The Weatherly Hillclimb Association will hold a Chinese auction during the fall hillclimb event to be held Sept. 14 and 15.

Donations would be appreciated.

If interested, contact Bonnie at 570-427-8361 and leave a message if no answer.

The deadline is Sept. 8.

- The Weatherly Lions Club and the Tweedle Park and Playground Association will sponsor a hunter training course on Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The course is free and open to anyone 11 years old to adult.

The instructor will be Lion Terry Younker.

To register, call Younker at 570-427-8700.

Lunch will be provided between 11:30 a.m. and noon.

The deadline to sign up is Sept. 27.

- August is amnesty month at the Weatherly Area Community Library.

Overdue books may be returned without a fine charged.

Books may be returned to the library or can be put in the book depository outside the library.

- The Rev. Andrew Taylor Barton will be the guest minister Sunday at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Spring and Front streets, Weatherly.

For more information about adopting or fostering a greyhound, visit www.poconogreyhound.com or call 570-856-0377.

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